CONGRESS MUST STRENGTHEN “SECURING AMERICA’S FUTURE ACT”

EVANGELICALS FOR BIBLICAL IMMIGRATION (EBI)

with

CATHOLICS FOR AMERICAN RENEWAL (C-FAR)

 

March 21, 2018

Chairman Robert Goodlatte, House Judiciary Committee
115th Congress of the United States of America

Honorable Chairman Goodlatte and all Members of Congress:

As faith leaders, we thank you for the Securing America’s Future Act. This “Goodlatte bill” is closest to the promises made to the American people, though we feel it could be stronger still.

Only, action will rebuild trust. After seven (7) U.S. amnesties, and few if any promises kept to the American people, we ask that your bill require the following measures before offering amnesty and/or a path to citizenship to undocumented people in our nation:

First build the border wall, as promised and funded years ago.
Upgrade border patrol and I.C.E. staffing.
End chain migration and diversity visas.
End “sanctuary cities.”
Add voter integrity verification measures in all states.
Implement e-Verify in all states to help millions of Americans back to work.

While gracious to many undocumented people, your bill must prioritize U.S. citizens of every ethnicity, many of whom are hurting from unemployment, poverty, crime and drug addiction largely due to open borders and resulting social strife.

Alternative bills are insufficient as they tend to:

We are challenging “faith” groups with economic self-interest in porous borders, as some are highly funded to facilitate high levels of migration and refugee resettlement (USASpending.Gov). The enormous funding of the Obama-era “welcome” and refugee industry has broken up many families.

People here illegally are four (4) times more likely to earn federal criminal sentences. 820, 000 illegals are convicted criminals. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, 642,000 crimes were committed against Texans alone, by over 200,000 illegals, over seven years. Secretary Rick Perry stated, “That is the cost of not securing the border.” As the Center for Immigration Studies has documented, an $18 billion wall would quickly pay for itself by reducing crime.

We do not use the term “Sanctuary cities.” Sanctus means “holy,” and as extremists inflame pride, entitlement and lawlessness, they breed crime and human tragedy — the opposite of holiness. Criminal Cities are not places of love, but of political warfare toward their stated goal of a Permanent Progressive Majority. “Undocumented” people are quickly “documented” to vote, and George Soros’s circle admits their “Rent-a-minister” strategy to shamefully feign moral high ground.

Scripture does not teach open borders, but wise welcome. We’re to embrace the “ger,” the one who comes as a convert and blessing, like Ruth and Rahab. We’re to show hospitality to well-meaning invited guests. And we’re to exclude and deport people who do not come as a  blessing but as a  danger. Nehemiah & Ezra helped their nation rebuild its faith, culture, and nation. That required walls, and the whole counsel of Scripture. Wisdom.

We urge your strong and wise leadership on behalf of America’s future. For, as the President has reminded us, Americans are dreamers too.

Gratefully Yours,

 


 

Anthony Allen
President
Hannibal-LaGrange University


Art Ally
President
Timothy Plan


Ted Baehr
Founder & CEO
MovieGuide


Rod D. Martin
Board Member, Florida Baptist Convention
Founder and CEO
The Martin Organization, Inc. 


Haley E. Martin
President 
The Martin Foundation 


Mitchell Morgan
Chief Financial Officer
Martin Imaging 


Senator Dennis K. Baxley
Florida Senate 
District 12


Floyd Brown
Chairman
Western Center for Journalism 


Mark Christian
President 
Global Faith Insitute 


Tom DeLay
Former Majority Leader
U.S. House of Representatives


Kevin Freeman
Founder
NSIC Institute 


Rebecca Hagelin
Secretary
Council for National Policy 


Allen Hebert
Chairman
American-Chinese Fellowship of Houston 


Donna Hearne 
CEO
The Constitutional Coalition 


Brad Jurkovich
Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Bossier City, LA
Vice Chairman, SBC Committee on Order of Business 


Randy Knepper
President of Knepper Enterprises, LLC 
Former President of U.S. House of Representatives
Administration Assistants Association  


David Kullberg
President, Christians for a Sustainable Economy
(CASE4America.org)


Kelly Kullberg
Evangelicals for Biblical Immigration (.com)
American Association of Evangelicals 


Scott Magill 
President
Veterans in Defense of Liberty 


Bob McEwen
U.S. House of Representatives
Former Member. Ohio 

Richard Powell 
Lead Pastor, Fort Caroline Baptist Church
Jacksonville, Florida
Former Member, SBC Nominating Committee 


Jerry Melvin
Former Dean 
Florida House of Representatives


Eric Metaxas
Host of the nationally syndicated
“Eric Metaxas Show” 


Sherri R. Martin
Executive
Vice President

The Martin Organization, Inc.


Shawn A. Mitchell
Former National Chaplain
National Federation of Republican Assemblies 


Nicholas Stehle 
Campaign
For the American Future  


Michael O’Fallon  
President 
Sovereign Nations 


Everett Piper 
President
Oklahoma Wesleyan University 


Jack Pogue 
Chairman
W.A. Criswell Foundation 


Dran Reese 
President

The Salt & Light Council 


Donald & Sheila Richardson 
Laity 
Southern Baptist 


Samuel Rohrer
President 
American Pastors Network 


Bishop Aubrey Shines 
G2G Ministries
Tampa, Florida 


Troy Newman
President
Operation Rescue 


Jerry Sutton 
Professor 
Liberty University 


Carol Swain 
Former Professor of Political Science and Law
Vanderbilt University
Author, Debating Immigration: Second Edition, July 2018


Ted Traylor 
Senior Pastor, Olive Baptist Church, Pensacola 
Former President, Florida Baptist Convention 


Elizabeth Yore, Esq.
Yore
Children 


John Zmirak
Senior Editor, The Stream 
Co-Author, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration


Donald Woodsmall
Attorney at law

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